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**__ International Night Information __**
As we all know, principals and teachers from each of the Richlands schools recently traveled to Denmark to form a partnership with Bakkeskolen School. The objective of this partnership is to help students become culturally aware of other societies as well as assist in the globalization push within the educational field. To expand upon this partnership, Mrs. Johnson would like Richlands High School to host the first annual Richlands International Night.

Information regarding this event is posted below. This information was obtained from the last two meetings which were held in September and October. Suggestions were made that a wiki be created as a way to minimize meetings and allow each member a chance to converse about the efforts of International Night. //(Please note that you must be an approved member of this wiki space to add information.)//

__ International Night Meeting  __ September 16, 2008 at 3:30 pm **Attendance:** Melissa Bourgeois Patty Garrett Tiffany Rhodes Leanne Ervin Kelly Clarke Mary Anne Cox Amy Vogan We began this meeting with a brief overview of International Night and what Mrs. Johnson’s vision is. Suggestions were then given as to dates, theme, and funding. Below is a list of topics discussed. ** C **ultural ** A **wareness ** T **owards ** S **ocieties ·  We would like to create a list of parents of students from other countries ·  Future meeting dates have been scheduled. We will meet in Mel’s room (202) at the high school at 3:30 pm. The dates are as follows: October 21 November 18 December 9 January 26 We will meet frequently in February to prepare for the event **-Mel will send meeting reminders via e-mail**
 * Tenative date: February 10 (Time to be determined) with the 24th as an alternative date
 * Theme: Centered around Valentine’s Day – Different ways to say “I love you” from around the world (Flags, Food, Family, Fun, Festival)
 * Countries from around the world will be represented by different grade levels from schools throughout the Richlands district
 * Booths will be made of PVP
 * Tiffany Rhodes will begin writing a Jones-Onslow Grant ($2000) in hopes to secure the funds for this event—each grade level will let Tiffany know what supplies are needed (Grant winners to be announced at the end of October 2008)
 * We hope to have samples (like those found at Sam’s Club) of foods from around the world
 * Students that participate will dress up – representing their country
 * We will greet community members in the represented courty’s language
 * We would like to create an extra large booth that represents Denmark
 * A “map” will be created to direct community members around the “world”
 * We may hold a possible presentation in the Auditorium with all grade levels participating
 * Patty and Kelly will e-mail Mel a list of teachers within their school and what country they will represent. The high school level will choose countries last.
 * Kelly mentioned that Clyde Erwin may have completed a program similar to this in the past. We can use them as a possible contact
 * We came up with a possible name for our partnership program here at the high school:

__ International Night Meeting #2 __ October 21, 2008 at 3:30 pm **Attendance:** Melissa Bourgeois Patty Garrett Tiffany Rhodes Joan Dyer  Edith Graves Amy Vogan We began this meeting with a brief overview of the first International Night meeting. January 15, 2009 at 3pm in RHS Room 202 Attendance: Melissa Bourgeois Tiffany Rhodes Joan Dyer Theresa Smith Amy Vogan Edith Graves Kelly Clarke ·  Tables from the cafeteria will be used to display student products. ·  RES and RPS will have students create products based on a country they choose to study. ·  Trexler will take care of the entertainment for this event. Theresa Smith will lock on the chorus and band. RHS will create products by class: ·  Mel’s class will create Powerpoints presenting information about different countries. Student PPT’s will be looped together to create one presentation. ·  Tiffany Rhodes and Amy Vogan will work together to have their classes create a product based on Geography. ·  Edit Graves will have her students create artwork based on different countries. ·  Joan Dyer will have Foreign Language Club students serve as host/hostesses at the event. ·  International Night will take place during National Foreign Language Week (NFLW). The theme for this event will align with NFLW’s theme (The theme for the 2009 Foreign Language week is "Many Hands, Many Voices, One World" Foreign week will be March 2-8, 2009) ·  Maria Johnson will create invitations for county office members and Richlands community members and will be responsible for contacting the newspaper so that an article can be written about the event. Mrs. Johnson will ensure that custodians are secured to clean the cafeteria, chairs are put away and air is adjusted properly the day of the event. Mrs. Johnson will also ensure that custodian staff is available for clean up after the event is over. ·  Mel will inform RHS faculty members about the event at the next faculty meeting and invite teachers to place global products in the event. (Students do not have to be present for this event if teachers are donating products to display). ·  The next International Night meeting was determined and will be held in RHS Room 202 on February 24 at 3:30 pm.
 * Mel secured the entire building (auditorium, commons, cafeteria, gym) on February 10 (Time to be determined) with the 24th as an alternative date for International Night
 * Theme: Centered around Valentine’s Day – Different ways to say “I love you” from around the world (Flags, Food, Family, Fun, Festival)
 * Countries from around the world will be represented by different grade levels from schools throughout the Richlands district-Patty Garrett discussed a list that was generated at the elementary level. It included countries that will possibly be represented by the elementary students. This list will be verified by her and then verified for commitment. She will email the final list to Mel. Possible countries represented at this grade level are as follows: China, Russia, Japan, India, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany, Philippines, Egypt, Italy, Denmark, Bosnia, New Zealand, Sweden, Costa Rica, Australia, Ireland,
 * Discussion of how the booths will be constructed if PVC is not available
 * Tiffany Rhodes should hear whether or not the Jones-Onslow Grant ($2000) grant was awarded or not by the end of this month
 * We discussed setting up a Wiki in order to converse about International Night. Mel will try to work on getting this going soon.
 * Patty Garrett’s class will create passports to hand out to community members. As they visit the booths they will get their passport stamped.
 * We held a discussion about the opening presentation: Patty Garrett will type up the details and send them to Mel via email. Mel will then send them to the International Night committee
 * The next meeting will be held on November 18 at 3:30 in Mel’s room
 * __ International Night Meeting __**
 * We discussed moving the date of this event and settled on March 5 in the RHS Cafeteria from 6pm-7:30 pm. This date and time has been reserved for us.
 * We are going to simplify this event by doing the following:

**International Night Meeting #4** **February 26, 2009 at 3:30 pm—room 202 RHS** **Attendance: Melissa Bourgeois** ** Kelly Clarke  ** ** Patty Garrett  ** ** Edith Graves ** ** Tiffany Rhodes ** **Key Points:**
 * ·  Teresa Smith phoned Mel and reported that she could not attend the meeting but affirmed that the Trexler Middle School band and chorus will be at the event to perform  **
 * ·  Tiffany stated that she was representing both herself and Amy Vogan at this meeting since Amy was unable to attend  **
 * ·  Kelly created an invitation to the event that will be sent home with students on Friday, February 27, 2009. She stated that she will send each of a copy of the invitation to use as well. Kelly agreed to complete Mrs. Johnson’s tasks since her father is ill. Kelly will contact the press as well as county officials (4 Tables are needed for Kelly)  **
 * ·  Mel’s students were given a global research assignment regarding Denmark and were to complete a PowerPoint Presentation presenting their findings. These presentations will be looped together and displayed via LCD the night of the event (only one table is needed for Mel)  **
 * ·  Mel will ensure the school’s marquee will advertise this event beginning next Monday  **
 * ·  Edith’s students are creating artwork representing countries from around the world. She does not need tables—she will be placing artwork in the commons area shadow boxes  **
 * ·  Patty will have “passports” available for students. These will have key questions listed inside—students will be able to answer these questions by visiting different areas during the event. Some high school teachers will offer students extra credit if they bring their passports back on Friday, March 6 fully completed—extra credit can be offered since there is no cost to attend this event. (Patty has requested 3 tables that need to be placed near the cafeteria walls and columns)  **
 * ·  Tiffany and Amy have come together to complete a joint project. Students are creating masks representing countries from around the world. (6 tables are needed)  **
 * ·  Joan Dyer (could not be present at this meeting due to personal reasons) has assigned her Foreign Language students the job of Host/Hostess. Students will dress in clothing representing other countries and will serve as student ambassadors.  **
 * ·  Mrs. Turkovich, Mrs. Cox and Ms Dibello, have student projects that have been completed on poster board that they are allowing us to use. We will post these projects around the commons area as well as the cafeteria  **
 * ·  The band will set up and play in the commons area while the chorus will use the cafeteria stage  **